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BL
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1009640
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b764010
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| Main Entry
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Roche, Alex F.,1921-2017.
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| Title & Author
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Growth, maturation, and body composition : : the Fels Longitudinal Study, 1929-1991 /\ Alex F. Roche.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York, NY :: Cambridge University Press,, 1992.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ;; 9
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 282 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0521374499
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: 9780521374491
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-274) and index.
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| Contents
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(cont) Timing and sequence of adolescent events -- Development of hearing ability -- Developmental changes in skin reflectance -- Bones and teeth -- Skeletal growth -- Growth of specific skeletal regions -- Skeletal variations -- Skeletal mass -- Plasma alkaline phosphatase -- Teeth -- Body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease -- Methodological aspects -- Total body composition -- Bioelectric impedance -- Predictive equations -- Regional body composition -- Adipocytes -- Assessment of nutritional status -- Influences on body composition -- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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Introduction -- Little history -- Biographical sketches -- Major US longitudinal studies -- Fels longitudinal study -- Well-planned long-term longitudinal study -- Management and analysis of data -- Need for accurate data -- Quality control -- Data management -- Interpolation -- Derivation of variables -- Transformation of variables -- Statistical analyses in the Fels longitudinal study -- Prenatal, familial and genetic studies -- Prenatal studies -- Familial and genetic studies -- Physical growth -- Development and standardization of anthropometric methods -- Age changes in anthropometric variables -- Methods of growth assessment -- Secular changes in anthropometric variables -- Determinants of growth -- Final phase of growth -- Prediction of adult stature -- Associations between growth and behavioral variables -- Future directions -- Physical maturation and development -- Skeletal maturation -- Dental maturation -- Sexual maturation -- Other aspects of maturation -- Non-invasive assessment of maturity -- Regulation of maturation and its associations.
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Anthropometry, Longitudinal studies.
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Human body-- Composition, Longitudinal studies.
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Human growth-- United States, Longitudinal studies.
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Body Composition-- physiology.
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Growth-- physiology.
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Human Development.
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42.85 physical anthropology.
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Anthropometrie
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Anthropométrie-- Études longitudinales.
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Anthropometry.
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Body composition, Longitudinal studies.
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Corps humain-- Études longitudinales.
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Croissance humaine-- États-Unis-- Études longitudinales.
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Human body-- Composition.
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Human growth, Longitudinal studies.
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Human growth.
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Körperliche Entwicklung
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Wachstum
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adatelemzés
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antropológia
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érés
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humánbiológia
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kutatás
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kutatási módszer
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Groei.
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Lichaamssamenstelling.
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Rijping.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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612.6
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| LC Classification
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QP84.R723 1992
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| NLM classification
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WS 103R673g 1992
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42.85bcl
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